Example sentences of "them for an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if the carriages are at the right , you must set them for an anti-clockwise circle , if they 're at the left , for a clockwise circle ( Figure 2 ) . |
| 2 | Alex stomped by and declined to join them for an early morning cocktail . |
| 3 | Economy of arm movement is important since the more you flail them about , the longer it takes to ‘ cock ’ them for an effective punch . |
| 4 | We devised a system whereby three dealers would be asked to give an independent appraisal , and we would average them for an official evaluation . |
| 5 | He spent as long as he could going round the Smoking Room at a snail 's pace , cleaning clean ashtrays and polishing polished tables , and when summoned once or twice to wait on other members he dragged out the process of serving them for an inordinate length of time . |
| 6 | Previously , investigations like this had been done mainly from the outsider 's point of view , and it was men like Evans-Pritchard ( 1902–73 ) , Radcliffe-Brown ( 1881–1955 ) , and , particularly , Malinowski ( 1884–1942 ) , who determined that the only really effective way of understanding the way of life of these peoples was to go and live among them for an extended period of time , learning their language , and becoming accepted as a member of their social groups . |